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insect pests. Formulations of DDVP
include pressurized liquid, granular,
emulsifiable concentrate, total release
aerosol, and impregnated material.
DDVP is applied with aerosols and
fogging equipment, with ground spray
equipment, and through slow release
from impregnated materials, such as
resin strips and pet collars. DDVP is
registered to control insect pests on
agricultural sites; commercial,
institutional and industrial sites; and for
domestic use in and around homes (i.e.,
resin strips) and on pets. DDVP is used
preplant in mushroom houses, and
postharvest in storage areas for bulk,
packaged and bagged raw and processed
agricultural commodities, food
manufacturing/processing plants,
animal premises, and non-food areas of
food-handling establishments. It is also
registered for direct dermal pour-on
treatment of cattle and poultry, and
swine. DDVP is not registered for direct
use on any field grown commodities.
The DDVP IRED presents the Agency’s
conclusions on the risks posed by
exposure to DDVP alone; however,
section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
directs the Agency also to consider
available information on the cumulative
risk from substances sharing a common
mechanism of toxicity. Because the OP
pesticides share a common mechanism
of toxicity, the Agency will evaluate the
cumulative risk posed by this group
before making final reregistration
eligibility decisions on individual OPs.
During completion of the OP
cumulative assessment, the Agency is
proceeding with risk assessments and
interim risk management for individual
OP pesticides. EPA has determined that,
but for the cumulative risk assessment,
the data base to support DDVP
reregistration is substantially complete
and that products containing DDVP will
be eligible for reregistration, provided
the risks are addressed in the manner
described in the IRED. After assessing
OP cumulative risks, EPA will make a
final reregistration decision under
section 4(g)(2)(C) for products
containing DDVP. When the Agency
finalizes decisions for DDVP and other
OP pesticides, further risk mitigation
may be required for DDVP. On
completion of these final decisions for
DDVP and other OP pesticides, EPA will
also consider all DDVP tolerances, or
legal limits, for residues of DDVP in or
on food commodities to be reassessed in
accordance with the current FFDCA
safety standard.
EPA is applying the principles of
public participation to all pesticides
undergoing reregistration and tolerance
reassessment. The Agency’s Pesticide
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Tolerance Reassessment and
Reregistration; Public Participation
Process, was published in the Federal
Register on May 14, 2004 (69 FR 26819)
(FRL–7357–9). DDVP was reviewed
through the public participation process
during which, EPA worked with
stakeholders and the public to reach the
regulatory decisions for DDVP.
The reregistration program is being
conducted under Congressionally
mandated time frames, and EPA
recognizes the need both to make timely
reregistration decisions and to involve
the public. The Agency is issuing the
DDVP IRED for public comment. This
comment period is intended to provide
an additional opportunity for public
input and a mechanism for initiating
any necessary amendments to the IRED.
All comments should be submitted
using the methods in ADDRESSES, and
must be received by EPA on or before
the closing date. These comments will
become part of the Agency Docket for
DDVP. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to
consider these late comments.
The Agency will carefully consider all
comments received by the closing date
and will provide a Response to
Comments Memorandum in the Docket
and regulations.gov. If any comment
significantly affects the document, EPA
also will publish an amendment to the
IRED in the Federal Register. In the
absence of substantive comments
requiring changes, the risk management
decisions reflected in the DDVP IRED
will be implemented as presented.
These decisions may be supplemented
by further risk mitigation measures
when EPA considers its cumulative
assessment of the OP pesticides.
The Agency received a submission on
June 2, 2006, from the Natural
Resources Defense Council (NRDC),
petitioning the Agency to conclude the
DDVP Special Review, Reregistration
and Tolerance Reassessment processes,
and to revoke all tolerances and cancel
all registrations for DDVP. This petition
has been placed in the public docket.
The IRED released today does not
constitute a response to this petition.
The Agency is currently reviewing this
petition and will respond to it in
conjunction with all other public
comments received, after the comment
period on the IRED closes.
B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA as amended
directs that, after submission of all data
concerning a pesticide active ingredient,
‘‘the Administrator shall determine
whether pesticides containing such
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active ingredient are eligible for
reregistration,’’ before calling in
product-specific data on individual enduse products and either reregistering
products or taking other ‘‘appropriate
regulatory action.’’
Section 408(q) of FFDCA, 21 U.S.C.
346a(q), requires EPA to review
tolerances and exemptions for pesticide
residues in effect as of August 2, 1996,
to determine whether the tolerance or
exemption meets the requirements of
section 408(b)(2) or (c)(2) of FFDCA.
This review is to be completed by
August 3, 2006.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: June 23, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2002–0302;FRL–8075–2]
Dichlorvos (DDVP); Notice of Receipt
of Request to Amend to Terminate
Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of a request by the
registrant to amend their registrations to
terminate uses of certain products
containing the pesticide DDVP. The
request would terminate DDVP use in or
on: Mushroom house (hand held fogger);
Greenhouse (hand held fogger);
Warehouse (hand held fogger);
Residential Crack and Crevice use;
Residential Total Release Fogger; Lawn,
Turf and Ornamentals; 21 gram Pest
Strip; 65 gram Pest Strip; 80 gram Pest
Strip; and 100 gram Pest Strip. The
request would not terminate the last
DDVP products registered for use in the
United States. EPA intends to grant this
request at the close of the comment
period for this announcement unless the
Agency receives substantive comments
within the comment period that would
merit its further review of the request.
In addition, EPA will not approve the
request as to the 21 gram, 65 gram, or
80 gram pest strips prior to EPA
approving the replacement registrations,
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per the registrant’s May 9, 2006 letter to
EPA. Upon acceptance of this request,
any sale, distribution, or use of products
listed in this notice will be permitted
only if such sale, distribution, or use is
consistent with the terms as described
in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 31, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2002–0302, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305–
5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2002–
0302. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
available on-line at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The Federal regulations.gov
website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system, which means EPA will not
know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an
e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the docket
and made available on the Internet. If
you submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
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you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the
electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400,
One Potomac Yard (South Building),
2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.
The hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number
is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dayton Eckerson, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 308–
8038; fax number: (703) 308–8005; email address: eckerson.dayton@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, and
agricultural advocates; the chemical
industry; pesticide users; and members
of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since
others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare
My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD ROM as CBI and then
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identify electronically within the disk or
CD ROM the specific information that is
claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When submitting comments, remember
to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID
number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal
Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may
ask you to respond to specific questions
or organize comments by referencing a
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree;
suggest alternatives and substitute
language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and
provide any technical information and/
or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or
burdens, explain how you arrived at
your estimate in sufficient detail to
allow for it to be reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns and suggest
alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as
possible, avoiding the use of profanity
or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your
comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Background on the Receipt of
Requests to Amend Registrations to
Delete Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA
of a request from registrant Amvac
Chemical Corporation to amend to
terminate uses of DDVP product
registrations. DDVP is an
organophosphate insecticide and
fumigant registered for use in
controlling flies, mosquitoes, gnats,
cockroaches, fleas, and other insect
pests. Formulations of DDVP include
pressurized liquid, granular,
emulsifiable concentrate, total release
aerosol, and impregnated material.
DDVP is applied with aerosols and
fogging equipment, with ground spray
equipment, and through slow release
from impregnated materials, such as
resin strips and pet collars. DDVP is
registered to control insect pests on
agricultural sites; commercial,
institutional and industrial sites; and for
domestic use in and around homes (i.e.,
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resin strips) and on pets. DDVP is used
preplant in mushroom houses, and
postharvest in storage areas for bulk,
packaged and bagged raw and processed
agricultural commodities, food
manufacturing/processing plants,
animal premises, and non-food areas of
food-handling establishments. It is also
registered for direct dermal pour-on
treatment of cattle and poultry, and
swine. DDVP is not registered for direct
use on any field grown commodities. In
a letter dated May 9, 2006, Amvac
Chemical Corporation requested EPA to
amend to terminate uses of pesticide
product registrations identified in this
notice (Table 1). Specifically, the
request would terminate DDVP use in or
on: Mushroom house (hand held fogger);
Greenhouse (hand held fogger);
Warehouse (hand held fogger);
Residential Crack and Crevice use;
Residential Total Release Fogger; Lawn,
Turf and Ornamentals; 21 gram Pest
Strip; 65 gram Pest Strip; 80 gram Pest
Strip; and 100 gram Pest Strip. The
request would not terminate the last
DDVP products registered for use in the
U.S.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA
of a request from a registrant to amend
to terminate uses of DDVP product
registrations. The affected products and
the registrants making the requests are
identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA,
registrants may request, at any time, that
their pesticide registrations be canceled
or amended to terminate one or more
pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of
FIFRA requires that before acting on a
request for voluntary cancellation, EPA
must provide a 30–day public comment
period on the request for voluntary
cancellation or use termination. In
addition, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA
requires that EPA provide a 180–day
comment period on a request for
voluntary cancellation or termination of
any minor agricultural use before
granting the request, unless:
1. The registrant requests a waiver of
the comment period, or
2. The Administrator determines that
continued use of the pesticide would
pose an unreasonable adverse effect on
the environment.
The DDVP registrant has requested
that EPA waive the 180–day comment
period. EPA will provide a 30–day
comment period on the proposed
requests.
Unless the Agency determines that
there are substantive comments that
warrant further review of this request,
an order will be issued amending the
affected registrations. However, EPA
will not approve the request as to the 21
gram, 65 gram, or 80 gram pest strips
prior to EPA approving the replacement
registrations, per the registrant’s May 9,
2006 letter to EPA.
TABLE 1.—DDVP PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENT
Registration No.
Product name
Company
5481–96
DDVP TECHNICAL GRADE
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–338
ALCO NO-PEST STRIP
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–344
AMVAC INSECT STRIP
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–348
ALCO PEST STRIP
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–461
AMVOS RESTECH
Amvac Chemical Corporation
5481–462
AMVOS LIQUITECH
Amvac Chemical Corporation
Table 2 of this unit includes the name
and address of record for the registrant
of the products listed in Table 1 of this
unit.
TABLE 2.—REGISTRANT REQUESTING
VOLUNTARY AMENDMENTS
EPA Company
No.
Company Name and Address
5481
Amvac Chemical Corporation, 4695 MacArthur Court, Suite
1250, Newport Beach,
CA 92660
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IV. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that
a registrant of a pesticide product may
at any time request that any of its
pesticide registrations be canceled or
amended to terminate one or more uses.
FIFRA further provides that, before
acting on the request, EPA must publish
a notice of receipt of any such request
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in the Federal Register. Thereafter,
following the public comment period,
the Administrator may approve such a
request.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing
Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of
registered pesticide products which are
currently in the United States and
which were packaged, labeled, and
released for shipment prior to the
effective date of the cancellation action.
In any order issued in response to this
request for amendments to terminate
uses, the Agency proposes to include
the following provisions for the
treatment of any existing stocks of the
pest strip products identified or
referenced in Table 1: Amvac’s request
for voluntary deletion of pest strip uses
is conditioned upon EPA issuing a
cancellation order that will not prevent
any sale or distribution of product to
any end use registrant or supplemental
distributor (‘‘Distributor’’) bearing
previously approving labeling before
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December 31, 2007, and will not prevent
any sale or distribution of such product
by retailers. Amvac’s request is further
conditioned upon EPA allowing the sale
or distribution of such product by
Distributors after that date if such sale
or distribution is for purposes of (i)
return of material to Amvac, (ii) proper
disposal, or (iii) export consistent with
the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA.
However, with respect to the
following uses:
• Mushroom house (hand held
fogger);
• Greenhouse (hand held fogger);
• Warehouse (hand held fogger);
• Residential Crack and Crevice use;
• Residential Total Release Fogger;
and
• Lawn, Turf and Ornamentals.
The Agency proposes to include the
following provisions for the treatment of
any existing stocks: The distribution,
sale or use of any existing stocks of such
products will not be permitted, except
the EPA intends to allow the sale or
distribution for purposes of (i) return of
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: June 23, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06–5893 Filed 6–29–06; 8:45 am]
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Change in Bank Control Notices;
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Holding Companies
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The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank
holding company. The factors that are
considered in acting on the notices are
set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12
U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The notices are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
also will be available for inspection at
the office of the Board of Governors.
Interested persons may express their
views in writing to the Reserve Bank
indicated for that notice or to the offices
of the Board of Governors. Comments
must be received not later than July 17,
2006.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198-0001:
1. Daniel T Sims and Nicolette B.
Sims, Leawood, Kansas, and Daniel T.
Sims, co-trustee of the Will Ben Sims
Marital Trust and the Patricia L. Sims
Family Trust; Stephen L. Riffel and
Mary Susan Riffel, Moberly, Missouri;
and Mary Susan Riffel as co-trustee of
the Patricia L. Sims Family Trust; Will
Ben Sims Marital Trust, Moberly
Missouri; Patricia L. Sims Family Trust,
Moberly, Missouri; to acquire control of
Chariton County Bancshares, Inc.,
Moberly, Missouri, and thereby acquire
control of County Bank, Brunswick,
Missouri.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, June 27, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6–10278 Filed 6–29–06; 8:45 am]
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, June 26, 2006.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
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material to Amvac, (ii) proper disposal,
or (iii) export consistent with the
requirements of section 17 of FIFRA.
If the request for voluntary use
termination is granted, the Agency
intends to publish the cancellation
order in the Federal Register.
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
The companies listed in this notice
have applied to the Board for approval,
pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)
(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part
225), and all other applicable statutes
and regulations to become a bank
holding company and/or to acquire the
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
the power to vote shares of a bank or
bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies
owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well
as other related filings required by the
Board, are available for immediate
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank
indicated. The application also will be
available for inspection at the offices of
the Board of Governors. Interested
persons may express their views in
writing on the standards enumerated in
the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the
proposal also involves the acquisition of
a nonbanking company, the review also
includes whether the acquisition of the
nonbanking company complies with the
standards in section 4 of the BHC Act
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
noted, nonbanking activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
Additional information on all bank
holding companies may be obtained
from the National Information Center
website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
Unless otherwise noted, comments
regarding each of these applications
must be received at the Reserve Bank
indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors not later than July 24, 2006.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
(Cindy West, Manager) 1455 East Sixth
Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
1. S&T Bancorp, Inc., Indiana,
Pennsylvania; to acquire up to 9.9
percent of the voting shares of CBT
Financial Corporation, Clearfield,
Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly
acquire Clearfield Bank and Trust
Company, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0302;FRL-8075-2]
Dichlorvos (DDVP); Notice of Receipt of Request to Amend to
Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is
issuing a notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to amend
their registrations to terminate uses of certain products containing
the pesticide DDVP. The request would terminate DDVP use in or on:
Mushroom house (hand held fogger); Greenhouse (hand held fogger);
Warehouse (hand held fogger); Residential Crack and Crevice use;
Residential Total Release Fogger; Lawn, Turf and Ornamentals; 21 gram
Pest Strip; 65 gram Pest Strip; 80 gram Pest Strip; and 100 gram Pest
Strip. The request would not terminate the last DDVP products
registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant this
request at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless
the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that
would merit its further review of the request. In addition, EPA will
not approve the request as to the 21 gram, 65 gram, or 80 gram pest
strips prior to EPA approving the replacement registrations,
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per the registrant's May 9, 2006 letter to EPA. Upon acceptance of this
request, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this
notice will be permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is
consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 31, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0302, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2002-0302. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The Federal regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters,
any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either in the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation
of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dayton Eckerson, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8038; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: eckerson.dayton@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution,
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Amend Registrations to
Delete Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from registrant
Amvac Chemical Corporation to amend to terminate uses of DDVP product
registrations. DDVP is an organophosphate insecticide and fumigant
registered for use in controlling flies, mosquitoes, gnats,
cockroaches, fleas, and other insect pests. Formulations of DDVP
include pressurized liquid, granular, emulsifiable concentrate, total
release aerosol, and impregnated material. DDVP is applied with
aerosols and fogging equipment, with ground spray equipment, and
through slow release from impregnated materials, such as resin strips
and pet collars. DDVP is registered to control insect pests on
agricultural sites; commercial, institutional and industrial sites; and
for domestic use in and around homes (i.e.,
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resin strips) and on pets. DDVP is used preplant in mushroom houses,
and postharvest in storage areas for bulk, packaged and bagged raw and
processed agricultural commodities, food manufacturing/processing
plants, animal premises, and non-food areas of food-handling
establishments. It is also registered for direct dermal pour-on
treatment of cattle and poultry, and swine. DDVP is not registered for
direct use on any field grown commodities. In a letter dated May 9,
2006, Amvac Chemical Corporation requested EPA to amend to terminate
uses of pesticide product registrations identified in this notice
(Table 1). Specifically, the request would terminate DDVP use in or on:
Mushroom house (hand held fogger); Greenhouse (hand held fogger);
Warehouse (hand held fogger); Residential Crack and Crevice use;
Residential Total Release Fogger; Lawn, Turf and Ornamentals; 21 gram
Pest Strip; 65 gram Pest Strip; 80 gram Pest Strip; and 100 gram Pest
Strip. The request would not terminate the last DDVP products
registered for use in the U.S.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from a registrant
to amend to terminate uses of DDVP product registrations. The affected
products and the registrants making the requests are identified in
Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any
time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to
terminate one or more pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA
requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation,
EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for
voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, section
6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period
on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor
agricultural use before granting the request, unless:
1. The registrant requests a waiver of the comment period, or
2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide
would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
The DDVP registrant has requested that EPA waive the 180-day
comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the
proposed requests.
Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments
that warrant further review of this request, an order will be issued
amending the affected registrations. However, EPA will not approve the
request as to the 21 gram, 65 gram, or 80 gram pest strips prior to EPA
approving the replacement registrations, per the registrant's May 9,
2006 letter to EPA.
Table 1.--DDVP Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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Registration No. Product name Company
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5481-96 DDVP TECHNICAL Amvac Chemical
GRADE Corporation
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5481-338 ALCO NO-PEST STRIP Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-344 AMVAC INSECT STRIP Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-348 ALCO PEST STRIP Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-461 AMVOS RESTECH Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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5481-462 AMVOS LIQUITECH Amvac Chemical
Corporation
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Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrant Requesting Voluntary Amendments
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EPA Company No. Company Name and Address
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5481 Amvac Chemical Corporation,
4695 MacArthur Court, Suite
1250, Newport Beach, CA
92660
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IV. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide
product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations
be canceled or amended to terminate one or more uses. FIFRA further
provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice
of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register. Thereafter,
following the public comment period, the Administrator may approve such
a request.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products
which are currently in the United States and which were packaged,
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the
cancellation action.
In any order issued in response to this request for amendments to
terminate uses, the Agency proposes to include the following provisions
for the treatment of any existing stocks of the pest strip products
identified or referenced in Table 1: Amvac's request for voluntary
deletion of pest strip uses is conditioned upon EPA issuing a
cancellation order that will not prevent any sale or distribution of
product to any end use registrant or supplemental distributor
(``Distributor'') bearing previously approving labeling before December
31, 2007, and will not prevent any sale or distribution of such product
by retailers. Amvac's request is further conditioned upon EPA allowing
the sale or distribution of such product by Distributors after that
date if such sale or distribution is for purposes of (i) return of
material to Amvac, (ii) proper disposal, or (iii) export consistent
with the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA.
However, with respect to the following uses:
Mushroom house (hand held fogger);
Greenhouse (hand held fogger);
Warehouse (hand held fogger);
Residential Crack and Crevice use;
Residential Total Release Fogger; and
Lawn, Turf and Ornamentals.
The Agency proposes to include the following provisions for the
treatment of any existing stocks: The distribution, sale or use of any
existing stocks of such products will not be permitted, except the EPA
intends to allow the sale or distribution for purposes of (i) return of
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material to Amvac, (ii) proper disposal, or (iii) export consistent
with the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA.
If the request for voluntary use termination is granted, the Agency
intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal Register.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: June 23, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06-5893 Filed 6-29-06; 8:45 am]
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